Hat-fastening device



A. ULLI. HAT FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1919..

1,393,186. P Patented 061 11, 1921.

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Albrecht U21 MSATTO'RN'EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBRECHT ULLI, OF LE LOCLE, SWITZERLAND.

HAT-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10, 1919. Serial No. 288,912.

To all whom it'mag concern:

Be it known that I, ALBRECHT ULLI, a

citizen of the SwissConfederation, and lie-' substantially bridge-shapeddevice to be per manently attached to theinterior of the hat, comprisinga stationary frame part and a comb member journaled thereon havingcurved teeth or tines, which comb member.

for engaging or releasing the wearers hair is rotated relative to thestationary frame member in the one orthe other direction by means of aheaded pin inserted through the wall of the hat crown, and the inventionessentially consists of the construction, arrangement and cooperation ofparts as will now be described in detail in connection with theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofthe fastening device; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 11- II of Fig.1; Fig. ,3 is a top view of the device, and Fig. 4 a longitudinalsection therethrough on a larger scale, with the middle portion brokenout.

To the inside of the hat crown 1, shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in dottedoutline, there are suitably secured at opposite points the inwardlyconverging support brackets 2 of metal or other suitable material. Anoblong frame member 3 is supported between these brackets 2 by means ofend slides 4 which partly encircle the bracket ends and which areprovided with notches 5 (Fig. 4:) with which cooperate projections orbeads 6 on the brackets, for fitting the fastening device to hats ofdifferent widths and also for preventing inadvertent relativedisplacement of frame and brackets. The frame 3 is provided at theshorter supported ends with upwardly directed integral end walls 7 and 8respectively. To the wall 7 is rigidly secured by means of the pins 10one end of a doubly conoidal member 9, tapering from the extremitiestoward the middle and which hereinafter I will refer to simply as the.

cone member, while in the otherwall 8 is rotatably journaled the boss 11of the gripper or comb member. The latter is in the shape of a baseportion 12 with upwardly curving teeth 12 and is designed to rotateabout the cone member 9, which latter is provided at the end facing theupstanding end wall 8 with a concentric depression 13 in which engagesthe head 11 of a hollow stud 15 secured in the boss 11,so that the conemember 9 is held concentric within the comb member. I

The annular end wall 12 of the comb member is clamped between the flangeof the stud 15 and the boss 11, and theother annular wall 12 engages ina circumferential" depression 16 in the cone member 9.

The teeth 12 of the comb at their-base lie close to the member 9 buttoward their upper free ends are gradually ext-ended away therefrom, asclearly shown in' Fig. 2, so that the curved space between the cone andthe teeth gradually tapers down toward the base of the teeth. Onrotation of the comb member strands of hair caught between the cone andthe-teeth, obviously, will be wedged in and clamped fast; they can notescape, they prevent madverent rotary movement of the comb member, andthey thus securely hold the hat provided with.

the fastener on the head of the wearer.

In order to have all comb teeth seize a substantially equal amount ofhair, without in ury to the coiffure and the hair roots, the

comb member and the coneare substantially in the shape of a hyperboloid,that is to say their diameters gradually correspondingly increase fromthe center toward the respective ends, so that their generatrices extendin the vertical plane of the longitudinal axis below the latter all overtheir length parallel to the curvature of the supporting bridge -memberand thus to the head of the wearer.

For rotating the comb member a hat pin 17 is used, which is to beinserted through the wall of the hat into the alined central bores ofthe stud 15 and the member 9. In the bore of the stud 15 extends thefree end of a fiat spring 18 whose other end is rigidly secured to theoutside of the stud or nipple 15, and the pin presents a flattenedportion 19 with which the leaf spring 18 cooperates in the manner of awedge or key, so that on rotation of the pin the comb member also isrotated in the same direction.

This elastic connection between the operating pin and the operated combmember causes the hair to be caught carefully and softly.

The described operative connection be- Patented 01:11.11, 1921.

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" for locking said'sleeves to said brackets in tween the supportingbrackets and the intermediately supported frame, as also the arangementof the stationary conoidal member and the comb member with its rotarymovement directly about the cone, offer the advantage that the samefastening device may be used for variouslysized hats;

What I claim is .7 1

1. A hat fastening device comprising a fixed cone member, a comb memberhaving teeth curved about the periphery of said cone member and spacedtherefrom, and means for rotating said comb member to rotate the teeththereof about the periphery of the cone member.

2. In a device of the character set forth,

in combination, support brackets adapted to besecuredat opposite pointsto the inside of a hat,an oblong frame member, sleeves extending fromthe smaller end walls of said frame and adapted to slide on therespective free ends of said brackets, means different operativepositions, a conemember rigidly supported in said oblong frame andhaving its longitudinal contour conform substantially to the respectivecurvature of r the human head, a comb member comprising a base portionand a plurality of cuiwed, hair engaging teeth increasing in size fromthe center toward the ends to respectively conform to the curvature ofsaid cone mem ber',"s'aid teeth at their base'lyingclose to said conemember and their curvature lessening towardtheir free ends so that ahair gripping space is presented between said cone member and said combmember of gradually increasingextent,and means for rotating said combmember about said cone member in forward and backward limited direction.

3. In a device of the character set forth, in combinatiomsupportbrackets adapted to be secured at opposite points to the inside of athat, an oblong frame member, sleeves extending from the smallerendwalls of said frame and designed for sliding and locking engagement withsaid brackets, a cone member rigidly supported in said frame and havingits longitudinal contour conform substantially to the respectivecurvature of the human head, a comb member journaled in said oblongframe with capabilityof rotary movement about said cone member andcomprising a base portion and a plurality of curved teeth, the latter insize remeans for rotating said comb member about said cone member'inforward and backward directionfromwithout the hat, comprising a headedpin, a longitudinally extending flattened portion or key way thereon,said pin designed to be inserted through the hat crown into and-throughsaid ahned boresof said cone member and said comb member, anaxiallybored member journaled in the one narrow'end wall of. said oblongsupporting frame and rigidly secured to said comb member, and keymeansin connection with said axially bored member adapted to coact withsaidflattened portion of said headed pin, the'parts being con- 7structed, arranged and cooperating substantially as shown and set forth..i ALBRECHT ULLI;

